Democracies Quotes

143 quotes by 117 authors

In a world of democracies, the most deserving basis of national differences is that the different states of the world should represent a form of… — Roberto Unger
In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form… — Christiane Amanpour
The problem with the United Nations is that while democracy within nations is the best available form of government, democracy among nations can be a… — Jonah Goldberg
The fight against terror is a common imperative for democracies and must become so for all nations. — Lionel Jospin
Democracy is essentially a means, a utilitarian device for safeguarding internal peace and individual freedom. As such it is by no means infallible or certain.… — Friedrich August von Hayek
There is an old song which asserts 'the best things in life are free.' Not true! Utterly false! This was the tragic fallacy which brought… — Robert A. Heinlein
You are never wrong when you have voted because you've acted in accordance with your conscience and your beliefs, and you've exercised your democratic right,… — Christine Lagarde
Inflation is the senility of democracies. — Sylvia Townsend Warner
And it was under Wilson that the first great propaganda slogan was coined and emblazoned everywhere, to make Americans start thinking favorably of democracies and… — Robert W. Welch, Jr.
What chiefly diverts the men of democracies from lofty ambition is not the scantiness of their fortunes, but the vehemence of the exertions they daily… — Alexis de Tocqueville
In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms. — Barney Frank
To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate. — David Frum
These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear. — Noel Gallagher
My husband is not American. He was born in Brazil, where he grew up under a filthy, corrupt dictatorship. In his twenties, he moved to… — Elizabeth Gilbert
It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their… — James F. Cooper
As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth… — Robert A. Dahl
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots -… — Demosthenes
Most liberal democracies don't try to figure out what the truth is. — Alan Dershowitz
I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
The United States can't impose democracies. We can't impose our will. The Russians found that out in Afghanistan. — Chuck Hagel

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